Paper-dispensing cabinet



Jan. 24, 1928. 1,656,913

E. .1. HANSEN PAPER DISPENSING CABINET Filed July 1 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet1 FIG- 1,

fM/L J f/fi/YJE/Y INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYS.

Jan: 24, 1928.

E. J. HANSEN PAPER DISPENSING CABINET Filed July 1. 1924 2 SheetsSheet 2IN VEN TOR.

EMIL J.

PAPER-DISEEEEEv'II't'G GABINET.

Application filed July 1, 1924.

'l he invention relates to a dispensing cabineli, and more especially topaper dispensers of the cabinet type.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter,wlj1erein folded sheets can be withdrawn there-from one at atime, without the necessity of any feeding or delivering device, thebody of the cabinet being of novel constructionto assure the dispensingof each sheet and the exposure of a succeeding sheet from within thebody, until all of the sheets have been used or extracted therefrom.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet of thischaracter, wherein the package of folded sheets will be con venientlyheld, so that the'entire number of sheets of the package will besuccessively extracted, without janibing or choking of the dispensingslot in the body of said cabinet the sheets being readily and easilywithdrawn from within the body.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet of thischaracter,

which is extremely simple in construction,

thoroughly reliable and efficient in purpose, strong, durable, andinexpensive in man ufacture and installation.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures of con struction, combination and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand. pointed out in theclaim hereunto ap pended.

To enable the invention to be thoroughly understood, reference is had tothe acconr panying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhich:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of thecabinet constructed in accordancewith the in vention, showing one portion of a folded sheet extendingfrom the dispensing slot in said cabinet.

Figure 2, is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3, is a vertical transverse sectional elevation.

Figure 4, is a similar view, showing a sheet almost entirely dispensedfrom the cabinet.

Figure 5, is an edge view showing the method of folding the paper sheetsshown in the other figures of the drawings.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings indetail, A,

Serial No. 723,439.

designates generally the cabinet for con taming and dispensing foldedsheets, the invention not being restricted to any particular characterof folded sheets of paper, and this cabinet comprises a body 10,preferably made from metal, though itcarf be made from any othersuitable material that may e found desirable, and is formed witl a solidtop 11, opposed parallel end walls 12, and a front wall 13, the latterbeing straight for a half of its length and the remaining half lowerportion curves inwardly to the bottom edge of the body 10, for a purposepresentlydescribed.

Slosing the rear of the body 10, is a back section 14:, which is hingedthrough the me drum of pivots l5, engaged in the end walls 12, andflanges 16, formed on the longer sides of said back section i l, thesepivots being located at the extreme lower portion of the body 10, aswill be apparent in Figure 1, of the drawings.

The back section lat, at its lower end is formed with an inwardly curlededge 17, to enact with the lower edge 18, of the front wall 13, so as toeliminate any possibility of the sheets of paper slipping out of thecabinet at this point. I

The upper end of the back section 1 1-, is formed with a keeper 19, withwhich is adapted to engage a lock 20, of the key operated type, the lockbeing fitted to the inner side of the top 11. v

Cut in the front wall 13, at a medium of the curve 21, therein is atransverse slot 22, the edges 23, thereof being outwardly bent so as toguide the folded sheets when being dispensed from the body 10, throughthe slot 22, therein.

The end walls 12, are provided with gauge openings 24, so that it'can bedetermined when the cabinet has been emptied of folded sheets of paper,and requires refilling.

The package of folded sheets of paper B, consists of a predeterminednumber of rcversely disposed interfolded single fold paper sheets 25.and this package B, is introduced into the body 10, of the cabinet A, asshown in Figure i, of the drawings, with the lowermost sheet 25, havingits lower fold 26, extended through the slot 22, so that it can beconveniently grasped from without the cabinet, and on the pulling ofthis sheet therefrom the lower fold of the next sheet is automaticallydrawn through said slot 22, to be in position for dispensing this nextsheet when desired, and this operamedial slot 22, and held down so thatthe bundle or mass will not jump up when a sheet is dispensed throughsaid slot 22, from the body of the cabinet.

What is claimed is:r

A dispensing cabinet for interfolded sheets, comprising a sheet metalcahinet having spaced parallel ends, top and front Walls, the front Wallbeing inwardly curved from an intermediate point of the cahinet. the endWalls meeting the curved portion of the front wall being correspondinglycurved,

pintle sleeves bent from the extremely lower end of said front wall, aback section separate from the ends, top and front walls, and havingpintle sleeves formed. at its lower end, a pintle in said sleeves andswingingly connecting the back section to the front wall, and a fingercut from the front wall above the curvature therein and bent inwardlyand upwardly to present an inclined gravity trip at the longitudinalcenter only of the cabinet for the interfolded sheets, the front wallbeing further provided "with 'a slit transversely thereof spaced fromits lower end, the edges of the slit lacing rerersely curled outwardlyto form lips, the lowermost lip being considerably greater in size thatthe other lip.

in testimony whereof I aflii; my signm ture.

- EMIL J. HANSEN

